My Honda Civic (which my daughter now drives) has km/h as the primary
display (mph secondary). I ordered it that way when I bought it in 96. Would
not take delivery until they installed a speedometer they had ordered from
Canada. Loved going to the dealer and giving the mileage! Even now it only
has 85 000 km on the odometer!
Although only 19, she has no problem relating to the metric system, I'm sure
it serves her well at college and on her travels.
Mike Payne
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Millet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, 28 March 2007 21:14
Subject: [USMA:38342] Re: Federal requirements speedometers
I've never seen a vehicle in the US that has km/h as the primary display.
I've seen plenty of them that have dual with km/h in very tiny unlit
letters
under the larger mph ones but no analog speedometers that display solely
in
km/h
I do agree that both should be displayed.
Mike
On 3/28/07, Michael Payne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I've been Googling for the relevant Federal documentation on speedometer
displays. I remember it can have MPH or km/h & MPH. It seems some
manufacturers are now making the former only. Mercedes is an example
where
they used to have both now have only MPH on the display. I'm adamant that
I
will not buy a vehicle unless it has km/h as the primary display, so I'm
trying to find the relevant rules to quote. I'm sure someone on this list
has a web site somewhere that give the information.
Michael Payne
1 Thorton Court
Potomac Falls VA 20165
USA
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"The boy is dangerous, they all sense it why can't you?"
